January 23, 2024
Summary: low clouds stretch the entire length of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys. The back side of the trough is clearing the Sierra Nevada. Even so, a few lingering showers are occurring over foothills of Tulare County. The low clouds and fog will be slow to burn off this morning. some sunshine is possible this afternoon, mainly north of Tulare County. The next weather system will arrive Wednesday. The dynamics of this system appear a little better, so it appears light showers will spread all the way down the valley, especially Wednesday afternoon and evening. Upper level high pressure will begin to push in from the west on Thursday. This high will be the dominant feature in our weather through the weekend and for the first couple of days of next week. Models continue to point to wet weather for the first week of February. It’s rare to see the two week model forecast a 90% chance of rainfall, but that’s the way it’s been leaning the past two days.
Forecast: low overcast today with some clearing possible this afternoon. Patchy fog is also in the forecast for this morning. mostly cloudy tonight with areas of clearing after midnight. Periods of rain Wednesday through Wednesday evening. Partly cloudy Thursday through Tuesday with areas of night and morning fog and low clouds.
Short Term:
| Madera 58/44/60/45/62 | Reedley 59/43/60/44/61 | Dinuba 59/44/59/45/62 |
| Porterville 58/46/60/44/60 | Lindsay 58/44/59/45/59 | Delano 59/46/59/46/62 |
| Bakersfield 58/47/61/48/60 | Taft 58/48/58/52/59 | Arvin 58/47/59/47/62 |
| Lamont 59/45//59/47/62 | Pixley 60/44/60/45/62 | Tulare 58/44/59/43/62 |
| Woodlake 59/46/59/44/61 | Hanford 60/47/59/47/63 | Orosi 59/44/59/45/61 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Friday Am fog/partly cloudy 39/63 | Saturday Am fog/partly cloudy 40/68 | Sunday Am fog/partly cloudy 43/67 | Monday Am fog/partly cloudy 41/68 | Tuesday Am fog/partly cloudy 42/68 |
Winds: Winds will be generally at or less than 6 mph with periods of near calm conditions through Wednesday. Winds Wednesday night and Thursday will be mainly out of the northwest at 5 to 12 mph. winds Friday through Saturday will be light to near calm.
Rain: The next chance of rain will arrive Wednesday morning. The southern portion of this storm looks more organized this morning on satellite imagery, so I feel comfortable adding rain to the forecast to the entire valley Wednesday through Wednesday evening. Most, if not all, of the rain should be over by midnight Wednesday night. rainfall amounts will be generally light with this system, possibly as much as a third of an inch up in Merced County, sloping to less than a tenth in kern County. Amounts in Tulare, Fresno, and Kings Counties will generally range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch.
Frost: Expect above freezing temperatures for at least the next 7 days.
Mid afternoon dew points: Low to mid 30s. Kern: Upper 20s to the lower 30s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, .20, Parlier, .22, Arvin .34, Delano .26.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 53, Parlier 52, Arvin 56, Delano 52
Average Temperatures: 56/38, Record Temperatures: 70/25
Heating Degree Days Season. 1072 -347 varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno .1.90, Monthly 1.01
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 1.46, Monthly: .50
Average Temperature this Month 47.9 +1.5 taken at NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Parlier, 645 Arvin, 569 Belridge, 558 Shafter, 611 Stratford, 606 Delano 636. Courtesy UC Davis
Sunrise, 7:07. Sunset, 5:14 hours of daylight, 10:06
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather:
MCE : Merced AP 153 : 64 / 55 / 0.73 /
MAE : Madera AP 253 : 66 / 54 / 0.44 /
FAT : Fresno AP 333 : 64 / 54 / 0.10 /
HJO : Hanford AP 242 : 66 / 54 / 0.05 /
NLC : Lemoore NAS 234 : 64 / 52 / 0.03 /
BFL : Bakersfield AP 496 : 67 / 55 / 0.02 /
VIS : Visalia AP 292 : 65 / 52 / 0.03 /
PTV : Porterville AP 442 : 67 / 51 / 0.01 /
Rainfall:
STOCKTON 0.04 5.48 87 15.47 244 6.33 13.45
MODESTO 0.03 6.19 110 13.42 239 5.61 12.27
MERCED 0.00 4.67 90 12.85 247 5.21 11.80
MADERA 0.03 2.98 65 4.59 100 4.60 10.79
FRESNO T 1.90 40 9.20 194 4.74 10.99
HANFORD 0.05 2.15 60 6.80 189 3.59 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.06 1.46 54 3.99 147 2.72 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 0.61 28 8.57 395 2.17 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 0.41 57 0.39 54 0.72 2.20
SALINAS T 3.50 61 8.90 155 5.76 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.13 7.76 146 12.75 240 5.31 12.15
SANTA MARIA 0.01 4.10 73 13.33 238 5.61 13.32